NOPD captain arrested in Slidell hit-and-run

A veteran New Orleans Police captain was arrested late Tuesday night in Slidell and booked in a hit-and-run accident, police said.

Capt. Gary Gremillion, a member of the NOPD's Public Integrity Bureau, was involved in the car collision around 7p.m. on Highway 11 at Edens Isle in St. Tammany Parish, said State Police Trooper Louis Calato.

Gremillion, driving a 1939 Ford four-door vehicle, rammed into the back of a 2002 Ford pickup truck driven by a 37-year-old man, police said. Gremillion had fled the scene before troopers arrived, police said.

There were no injuries reported, and only minor damage to the truck.

Around 10 p.m., Slidell Police alerted state troopers that Gremillion had turned himself in. He was arrested and booked with careless operation and hit and run -- both misdemeanors, police said.

A court date is pending. A NOPD spokesman said the agency is collecting information and will release a statement later.